Bottle-cooler



(No Model.) C. H.I LAUFKOTTER.,

BOTTLE cooLER. No. 251;902. Patented Jan. 3,1882.4

Firms mmumognp r am" c" n c WITNESSES ATo all whom it may concern:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES H. LAUFKO'IIER, OF SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA.

BoTTLECooLE R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 251,902, dated January3,'1882.

application ined August 31. lest (No model.)

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. LAUEKor- TER., a citizen ofthe UnitedStates, resident at Sacramento, in the county otttSacramento and Stateof California, have invented a new and valuable Improvement inBottle-Coolers; and I do hereby declare that` the following is a t'ull,olear, and exact description of the construction andoperation of thesame, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of thisspecification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked'thereon.

r Figure 1 ofthe drawings is a representation of a vertical longitudinalsection. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section. Fig. 3 is a cross-section,and Fig. 4 is a plan view.

This invention has relationtobottle-coolers; and it consist-s' in thenovel construction and arrangement of the icereceptaele, waterchamber,bOttIetnbes, and a cooling storagechnmber or refrigerator, as will behereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in theclaim.

.Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A designates the easeof the cool-v er, which has double walls B and C, the inter-V veningspace between said inner and outer walls being packed with anyjsuitablenon-con ducting material, except at a point immediately in the rear ofthe icechamber D, where a ue, E, connecting the ice-chamber D and thcoolingchamber F, which comprises the lower half ot' the case A, islocated, to convey cold air from the ice-chamber to the coolingchamber.i

rThe ice-chamber D has a drip-pipe, G, leading from its bottom downthrough the cooling-chamber, to convey the waste water as the ice meltsto a suitable receptacle beneath the case A.

In front of the ice-receptacle is located the water-chamber H, having afaucet, I, through which drinking-water may be drawn. In restaurantsthis is au advantage, as it dispenses with the use of the customarypitcher and at'-` fords a great saving of ice.

Both the ice-chamber and the water-cham- Vber have covers provided withdouble walls may not interfere with each other in displacing orreplacing either of them.

At each end of the ice and water chambers, and a short distancetherefrom, are arranged a series of bottle-tubes, J, of different sizesto suit the bottle to be placed therein for cooling. These bottle-tubesare secured in the top of `the ease A, their upper edges protrudingslightly through top ot the ease.

y The lower ends of the tubes J terminate some distance above the top ofthe coolingchamber.

The walls G of the case are lined with zinc, as are alsothe bottoms andsides ot' the cooling and the tube-holding chambers. The top wall of thecase A is of sheet metal.

The cooling-chamber is intended for the reception ot' reserve bottles,meats, cheese, and the like.

The bottle-tubes are [illed andthe bottles kept cool. As soon as theyhave been emp# tied of their contents the. reserve bottles in thecooling-chamber are resortel to, to keep the bottle-tubes filled.

When ice is need for making mixed beverages the lid of the ice-chambermay be removed'andethe ice obtained therefrom, the waterrequired formixing said beverages being drawn through the faucet from theWaterchamberin acold condition. The cold air descending from theice-chamberto the coolingchamber will of itself reduce the contents ofthe cooling-chamber to a low degree ot' temperature. The temperature isalso'quite uniform, especially it' the ice-chamber be kept filled to anevendegree.

This makes a very convenient bottle-holder for restaurants and saloons,but is equally susceptible of household use.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by `Letters Patent, is-f i Ina bottle-cooler, the combination, with the ice-chamber D, waterfchamberH, and coolingc'hamber F, of the bottle-tubes J, secured in the top ofthe case A, and having their lower ends terminating above the top of thecooling-A chamber, substantially as specified. In testimony that I claimthe above I have hereunto subscribed myname in the presence of twowitnesses.

Witnesses: CHARLES H. LAUFKOTTER.

ALBERT C. TUF'rs, FRED. L. GEORGE.

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